to read a few lines because kristiney you have servedourcity. sinceherchildhoodsupervisor has become a strong advocate for justice and pro live ravings nuclear energy and over the past 30 years she stood against injustice? san francisco by improving conditions in hotel and is affordable hogs for low increase people and from 2010 to 12, she set the bar for progressive land use policy in san francisco and this year christina has represented district five and served those neighborhood in our city with passion, commit and an open mind, prioritizing ever each resident department in her districts in order to make district five safe, clean and a abuse place to live and work i'm not going to read the rest of of it but christina thank you i have known you for yeast and i know that we will continue to work together for many years to come and i want to thank you for your open mind and i want to thank you for doing what you thought is right and i want to thank you also for speaking your mind and just again for all that you have done for this board and for your district and for our city and wi

. thecitychiefof protocol charlotte schultz,andherhusbandformer secretary of state george schultz. former mayor willie brown. [cheers and applause] and former mayor frank jordan. we want to acknowledge the husband of united states senator and former mayor dianne feinstein, mr. richard bloom. the wife of former mayor gina mos coney and the wife of former mayor joe alliteo, catherine. the sister of former mayor george christopher. the board board and the rest of the city family who has made this event possible. we are also honored to be joined by several giants dignitaries. president and ceo larry baer and his wife sam. [cheers and applause] . giants vice president and general manager brian saibian and his wife amanda. [cheers and applause] the wife of the skipper mrs. kim bochy. and let us now welcome distinguished members of the giants ownership group, charles johnson, david jenkins, trina and rob veen, tory and steven humphrey and allen baer. and we also joined by past giants owners. please welcome the family jamie and kim rupert and peter stoneum. also here with us toda

hernecklace,doesn't she look gorgeous? >> maybe dreams, maybe wishes do come true. so, today, we are gathered here in the heart of our city, beneath a symbol of energy and life and hope for the world. you have decorated it with peace cranes and light. wishes and dreams, and most importantly your energy. and now, on behalf of the sisters of perpetual indulgence inc, we gather this energy and strength that we may send it to the nuns above and to give it to any and all that needs its strength. to release the energy of hope that this magnificent tree represents i will ask each and every one of you if you please every time you hear me say we say... you will evoke the words of harvey milk by saying as one group you got to give them hope. now please raise your hands towards the tree of hope and we say you got to give them hope. for all lgbtq young people struggling with bullies and intolerance, we say that you got to give them hope for all transgendered people fighting to live with dignity and respect. we say you got to give them hope. for all of those who seek to protect the rights of

affordable housing and she's very well qualified. shebeganhercareeras a housing coordinator forthecityofsanta barbara, rising to become the city's housing and redevelopment manager. and i would point out, santa barbara is a magnificent part of my state. i have a beautiful state. and they didn't have much in the way of moderate income housing, and i think it was very important the work that she did. she moved on to eden housing, a nonprofit affordable housing developer, where she developed over 400 homes as a project manager. and she took over as executive director. later she joined bridge housing as vice president, and in 1996, she took the helm of that organization as its president and chief executive. bridge is the largest nonprofit developer of affordable mixed-income and mixed-use developments in california. and while she was there, carol oversaw the creation of over 13,000 affordable homes for more than 35,000 californians and programs that helped one-fourth of their residents advance to homeownership. because she knew that was the goal. homeownership even after all we've been t

andellicottcity. nadiaramdass has the story. >> the alleged victim is concerned the man she accused of burglarizing her home will be on the streets again. this woman who asked us to conceal her identity lives in fear after coming face to face with a burglar at her howard county home. >> he knows who i am. >> police arrested kenneth vollmerhausen and charged him with multiple counts of burglary and theft. the ellicott city man was arrested in connection with a robbery at this home in the 2600 block of melba road in ellicott city on december 21, a day this woman won't forget. >> i said i've been a nervous wreck ever since. >> she came home to find a truck in her driveway. she thought it was the telephone company and was confronted by vollmerhausen, who threw her jewelry at her, apologized and drove off in his truck. >> he sped out, cut sideways there and you can see what he did to the fence. totally destroyed the chain link. >> she said vollmerhausen took off with the family jewelry box. it contained family heirlooms, including her parents' wedding rings. >> he walked right by the ele

with the state scheme and get from under the penalties thatthecityhasassessed against it for the entire week i have been contact contacted repeatly on behalf of ceo health club saying oh, gor the owner just fired her attorney and is asking me to step in and represent her and we really need a delay would you agreea delay and i would say no because this jurisdictional issue is clearly in play. and the initial attempted delay came from her original attorney mr. hall and the second came from bill phases zero who had informed me that he called my boss before calling me to see if he could squeeze out a delay in this case and he declined apparently because the next day i got a called from year-old green saying wanted a continuance saying he was going to be the new attorney but when i explained the circumstances of this case to him he decided not to represent her and today i got a request from new counsel for a continuance supposedly on evidence newly dissolved and it's based on a permanent discover in july if there is new evidence it's unclear why it cannot be discovered and entered in tonight's h

. in which hundreds died from hideous scalds. the steamer, launch inside newyorkcityonchristmas day 1850, did not reach san francisco for the first time until september 17th, 1851. blasting her whistle, laying a wide trail of foam and thrashing her bad les with -- paddles with abandon, the independence glided toward long wharf, an edges tension between holdson's peer and quaint street wharf. the cloud of white steam hanging above her was normal. in such noncondensing engines as her, the exhaust steam escapes into the air like a virginia city hot spring. so i'm going to leave out the ship wreck which is pretty horrible. not to spoil your evening, it is an amazing feat. tom, actually, swam the people ashore on his back through swarms of sharks. just an absolute hero. ninety people he was credited with saving. so i think about 150 died, and then they were ship wrecked for a while. but he came back to san francisco, and the wounds i talked about, that's when he was really made his mark, and then he went back to sea and came back in 1859. now this, i thought you might enjoy a little tiny bit

. a woman found his truckoutsideherhomein the 2600 block of melba road inellicottcity. >>he sped out, cut sideways there, and you can see what he did to the fence. >> the victim says he made off with several family heirlooms and detectives have linked him to three other burglary that is took place in ellicott city and columbia this month. he's now held without bond at the howard county detention >> starting off with clouds today, we should see more clearing into the afternoon. winds picking up behind the storm system, yesterday, northwest 15 to 20 miles per hour, gusting to 35. that will take a toll on the temperatures, highs only in the upper 30's to low 40's, it will feel cold with the wind chill. across the state, mountains in the 20's and 30's with flurries in place. flurries with lake-effect snow showers in southern pennsylvania. mostly dry on new year's eve even into the nighttime hours, 30 degrees the morning low and icy mix coming in on new year's day, nothing major and if be south of will baltimore. we'll keep an eye on that and we're dry through the rest of the week. >> tha

and for newyorkcityandwhat we can expect >>> this morning a d.c. woman is waking upwithherfamilyfor the first time in 16 years. she suffered from kidney failure and a stroke, and nurses say she had no memory of her past, but eventually she remembered her address and a nurse tracked down her family in oakland. she had not seen each other since 1966. >> it's hard. you don't have all the support you need growing up, but the rest of my family have been there for me. >> i didn't know he was that big. he's big! >> hawkins was in a d.c. woman's shelter before she entered a hospital. now she will celebrate the new year with her family. >>> right now crews are gearing up to help hundreds of thousands ring in the new year. everything remains nice and quiet, and it will be rocking tomorrow night. carson will ring in 2013 right from times square. and the crystal ball is in place for the big ball drop and the 2013 sign is ready. organizers are testing the confetti to make sure everything is ready to go. they threw handfuls of the confeety to check the airworthiness. >> what do you think they

. they're playing very well. >> ama: thank you. coming up. see howonecityis>> ama: coming up in a half hour at 6:00, a woman robbed in san francisco, and her dog killed right in front of her. tonight we'll hear from the victim of the vicious crime. >>> and taking a stand against crime in oakland. one group is honoring one of the youngest victims of violence in oakland last year. join it at 6:00. >> the fast-approaching fiscal cliff is no laughing matter but sometime you have to have a sense of humor. some portland, oregon residents have taken their disappointment in congress to the street, or street sign. this road sign, now instead of road ininstructions it reads, fiscal cliff ahead. turn around, don't go over. captioned by closed captioning services inc. >>> this is "world news." tonight -- round two. the newest holiday storm to hit, stretching from missouri to maine. the accidents tonight. the snow falling where there was already a foot or more. tonight the latest trap, where it's heading. abc meteorologist ginger zee is standing by. >>> on the edge. washington taking amer

in columbia andellicottcity. >>the alleged victim is concerned the man she accused ofburglarizingherhomewill be on the streets again. this woman who asked us to conceal her identity lives in fear after coming face to face with a burglar at her howard county home. >> he knows who i am. >> police arrested kenneth william vollmerhausen and charged him with multiple counts of burglary and theft. he was arrested on december 21, a day this woman won't forget. >> i said i've been a nervous wreck ever since. >> she came home to find a truck in her driveway. she thought it was the telephone company and was confronted by vollmerhausen, who threw her jewelry at her and sped off. >> he cut sideways and you see what he did to the fence. >> she said vollmerhausen took off with the family jewelry box. >> he walked right by the electronics. he was after the jewelry. >> investigators link vollmerhausen to three more december burglaries in howard county where he's accused of stealing watches and jewelry. vollmerhausen pled guilty to first degree burglary. his four-year sentence was suspended and he was p

apple picking. this surveillance video shows a thief sneaking uponherandputtingherina head lock. new york major michael bloomberg said that iphone thefts are single-handedly driving up the city's crime rate. >> if you just took out the thefts of apple products, our total crime rate would be lower than it was last year. >> reporter: in new york city alone, iphone thefts have spiked more than 30%. nearly 16,000 gadgets snatched. and in washington, d.c., police told our pierre thomas, they make up nearly 40% of all robberies. >> they're targeting those who are more vulnerable, women, women with baby carriages. >> reporter: police have stepped up awareness. in las vegas, they put out a psa announcement with the voice of siri. >> i really don't enjoy being stolen. >> reporter: they're registering cell phones so owners can be contacted. if police find the devices. an additional piece of advice, you can download a free app that allows you to remotely lock your phone and wipe all of the information off just in case it gets into the wrong hands. david, we know how important that is with

's theme is. >> this shows thief sneaking up on a womanputtingherina head lock beforestealingheri-phone.others crash a bmw into a store and run off with their lucrative stash. in new york city and l.a. i-phone thefts have spiked more than 30%. in washington d.c. they make up nearly 40% of all robberies. san francisco list say they have received some 1700 reports of stolen cell phones this year. >>> a sledding exhibition goes horribly wrong in the san gabriel mountains. the drama on a frozen upon in san bernardino county. it was caught on video. almost turned into a christmas day disaster when a man fell through the ice, setting off a chain reaction. one person after another tried to save him, only to fall in themselves >> we saw this guy coming across the ice really fast and it went from cheering to all of a sudden just an unbelievable amount of panic and chaos. >> give me the rope. >> wow, i'll say. a crowd gathered on shore frantically screaming for help. at one point twelve people were in the water. eventually everyone was hauled to shore and no one was hurt. >>> preparations

in crime all over the country targeting iphones, this shows a thief sneaking up on a victim andputtingherina head lock before snatching already iphone. one person crashed a bmw in into a store and then ran off with a stash. and in new york city, iphone thefts spiked 40%, and in washington, dc they make up 40% of all robberies. san francisco police say they've received 1700 reports storm cell phones this year. >> a flooding expedition goes horribly wrong in the san gabriel mountains. it was caught on video. almost turned to disaster when a man fell through the ice, and one person after another tried to save him, only to fall in themselves. >> coming across the ice really fast and went from cheering to an unbelievable amount of panic and chaos. >> give me the rope. >> a crowd gathered on shore, frantically screaming for help. at one point 12 people in the water. it ended after nine minutes when everybody was finally hauled out to shore. >> high surf and heavy winds kennedy rescuers busy on the beach. a 9-1-1 call came in saying there were three surfers beyond the break. the coast coast wa

on the streets ofourcities. therearen't good hunting weapons, no hunter in my view worth hisorhersaltwould use an assault weapon to hunt and they are not necessarily good defensive weapons. what we would do is take the earlier bill and strengthen it in many ways is. prevent the gun manufacturers from getting around it as they did, go to a one physical characteristic test. take specific models and ban their manufacture, their sale and their transfer. and take the weapons that are are grandfathered that are in possession now and put them under the federal firearms act so that they would be licensed, there would be background checks done. bite the bulletuy the the of what the incidents mean to our people, our nation and our nation's standing in the world. when you you have one in and slaying in the most brutal way 6-year-olds something is really wrong. this is one effort and there are other things we should do to try to put weapons under some kind of appropriate authority. >> chris: senator graham you support the nra plan to put more school security in place and oppose the weapons ban. why is

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he was a muslim. >> reporter: it was a bizarre ending to a crime that has shockedthiscity. thewoman accused of pushing a man onto the train tracks, screaming and smiling as cameras captured here arrest. this surveillance video led police to erica menendez. investigators say that's her running away from a train station in queens thursday night just moments after she shoved a flicks-year-old man from the platform. now she's reportedly admitted to the crime. >> i pushed muslim off the train tracks because i've hated hindus and muslims since they put down the twin towers. i have have been beating them up since. >> i feel bad because i am broke in my heart because this guy is nice guy and so quiet. >> reporter: his death comes weeks after 58-year-old keesa con was killed at another new york station. this video shows the suspect arguing with the victim minutes before he pushed him off the platform. >> you never know who is going to push you onto the tracks or into the street. >> reporter: those concerns led new york mayor michael bloomberg to call for calm. >> i don't think you

street level in brooklyn, this is the moment power was knocked out, affecting millions in newyorkcity. aheart stopping scene for any parent, a mother loses track of her baby stroller, her child nearly struck by traffic, luckily a garbage truck driver able to alert others and stop the carriage. this thief didn't have ants in his pants, he had a puppy. the man stuffing a pricey pom rainion down his shirt. a middle schooler in washington jumps and takes the wheel as his bus careens off the road, his driver having a heart attack. >> i run out, grab the wheel, steer to the right side of the road, take the keys out of the ignition. >> cell phone video of a brooklyn girl falling three stories, caught by a city bus driver haled a hero. >> a hero is nothing but a sandwich. that's all i can say. i'm not a hero. >> let's pray for more heroes caught on camera in 2013. jonathan hunt, fox news. >> i like it. thanks, jonathan. it's down to the wire on capitol hill. house speaker boehner expected to call members of congress back to washington tonight. we'll talk to one of those congressmen and get h

, putting her in a head lock beforesnatchingheri-phone.in southern california criminals desperate for apple products are crashing a bmw right into the store and then they run off with the lucrative stash. in new york city and l.a. i-phone thefts have spiked more than 30%. in washington d.c. they make up nearly 40% of all robberies. san francisco police say they have received some 1700 reports of stolen cell phones this year. >>> a sledding exhibition goings hooshably wrong in the mountains. this is in san bernardino county and caught on video. it almost turned into a christmas day disaster when a man fell through the ice, setting off a chain reaction. one person of a another tried to save him, only to fall in themselves. >> we saw this guy coming across the ice really fast and it went from cheering to all of a sudden an unbelievable amount of panic and chaos. >> give me the rope. >> wow, i'll say. a crowd gathered on shore frantically screaming for help. at one point twelve people were in the water. it ended after nine minutes when everyone was finally hauled out to shore. remarka

to go pickuphertwosons. hear what she told me by phone. >>> gangs and guns, a deadly mix in chicago that's getting more dire by the day. the city marked a grim milestone this week, 500 murders so far this year. it was a shooting on the city's west side thursday that pushed the number to 500. police say a 40-year-old man was shot in the head outside a convenience store. another troubling number, 270, that's the number of children who have been killed by guns in chicago in the last five years. back to this year's 500 homicides. that's up 50% from last year. it is the highest the murder rate has been in the city since 2008. it was 512 then. what's going on here? some say it's a police problem, that chicago police are simply outnumbered and outgunned. unable to handle the influx of kids who want to kill kids to make some cash or to climb the social ladder in chicago gang life. or is it a gun problem? the city has some of the toughest laws on the books. but the chicago police department says 87% of the homicides this year are a result of gun violence. so let's talk. joining me tonight fo

before she headed off to go pickuphertwosons. hear what she told me by phone. >>> gangs and guns, a deadly mix in chicago that's getting more dire by the day. the city marked a grim milestone this week, 500 murders so far this year. it was a shooting on the city's west side thursday that pushed the number to 500. police say a 40-year-old man was shot in the head outside a convenience store. another troubling number, 270, that's the number of children who have been killed by guns in chicago in the last five years. back to this year's 500 homicides. that's up 50% from last year. it is the highest the murder rate has been in the city since 2008. it was 512 then. what's going on here? some say it's a police problem, that chicago police are simply outnumbered and outgunned. unable to handle the influx of kids who want to kill kids to make some cash or to climb the social ladder in chicago gang life. or is it a gun problem? the city has some of the toughest laws on the books. but the chicago police department says 87% of the homicides this year are a result of gun violence. so let's ta

citysubwaytrain on thursday told them she did so because she hates hindus andmuslims.hervictimwas an immigrant from india. doctors in houston report former president george h.w. bush's condition is improving and that he is no longer in intensive care. mr. bush has been hospitalized since last month with a bronchitis-related cough. this week marks the 150th anniversary of the emancipation proclamation, the document deciding that all slaves were to be forever free. to mark the occasion the document signed by president abraham lincoln goes on display in the national archives in washington. now the weather. the chance of rain in the northeast but it will be sunny in the central plains and the southwest. scattered showers in the pacific northwest. the first few days of 2013 will see colder temperatures across most of the country. >> nothing bad. osgood: ahead, meet jamie foxx. >> i had a neighborhood. everybody was going to chump. it was cool. if somebody pulled a gun, they >> osgood: natural gas is cheap and plentiful and could supply us with energy for decades to come. but to get

you need is a magiccarriage.citipricerewind. start savingatciti.com/pricerewind. >>>we are approaching the bottom of the hour here on this sunday. a dry, cold day in the east after a winter blast this weekend. the storm dumped up to a foot of snow in parts of southern new england. we bring in meteorologist dylan drier. everyone wonders what new year's eve is going to be like. >> it's going to be cold. as we start off 2013, it's only in the 30s in the northeast. the areas that will see snow in the middle of the country, doesn't look like much. the storm system is trying to get its act together as we go across texas. we start to see snow break out across kansas into missouri as well. it will linger through midnight as we go through tomorrow night and into tuesday morning as well. as far as snowfall is concerned, three to six inches in that area. enough to make a mess of the roadways. a lot of people enjoying the day. lake-effect snow. yesterday's storm system is pulling away. a couple lingering snow showers across northern new england. that's it. the sunshine is back. so,

of shoving a man to his death in front of a newyorkcitysubwaytrain reportedly said she thought he was a muslim and she wanted revenge for the 9/11 attacks. she has been charged with murder here as a hate crime. police arrested her yesterday after a tip. witnesses say the victim was just standing on the platform when this woman had been muttserring to herself and pushed him in front of a train. the victim was from india. unbelievable video. a dashboard camera captures a russian plane crash, skidding across the runway and crashing into a busy highway. >> the gun control debate heats up next. senator lindsay graham saying that places that need protection, like schools, an armed response is the answer. >> if you go into this capitol, you are going to be met with some armed force. hmm, it says here that cheerios helps lower cholesterol as part of a heart healthy diet. that's true. ...but you still have to go to the gym. ♪ the one and only, cheerios starts with arthritis pain and a choice. take tylenol or take aleve, the #1 recommended pain reliever by orthopedic doctors. just two ale

, should the u.s. take note. >> juliet: in time for a reunionwithherfamilyat the the topofherhour.love these. >> oh, oh! wants that pink cas. and you realldon't want to pay more than you have to. only citi price rewind automatically searches for the lowest price. and if it findone, you get refunded the difference. just use your citi card and register your purchase online. have a super sparkly day! ok. [ male announcer ] now all youeed is a magic carriage. citi price rewind. start saving at citi.com/pricerewind. where can we finds common ground? is there any common ground? nothing has leaked yet out of capitol hill and what might emerge. it's thought that a new $250,000 threshold could be $400,000 and that's where the tax hike would kick in if you make more than 400,000, you wouldn't pay more in taxes in 2013. again, we're all left guessing. and read what you will from representatives we spoke with. >> the $400,000 level seems to me to be about right. and that represents about the top 1% of income earners in the country and those are the people who got 93% of all the income growth

. they had an exhibitionatcityhall.cityofficialsheardabouthereffortsand they invited her to this facility. we thought it would coincide with our efforts to get folks to recycle, it is a great educational tool. since then, we have had 95 professional artists come through. >> how has the program changed over the years? how has the program -- what can the public has an artist engage with? >> for the most part, we worked with metal and wood, what you would expect from a program like ours. over the years, we tried to include artists and all types of mediums. conceptual artists, at installation, photographers, videographers. >> that has really expanded the program out. it is becoming so dynamic right now with your vision of interesting artists in gauging here. why would an artist when to come here? >> mainly, access to the materials. we also give them a lot of support. when they start, it is an empty studio. they go out to the public area and -- we call it the big store. they go out shopping, take the materials that, and get to work. it is kind of like a reprieve, so they can r

whole world, but there needs to be all sides involved andthiscitydoesthat and i thank you supervisor olague for your leadership. >> thank you. next speaker please. >> i would like to thank supervisor olague for her leadership as well and call on the hearing on education and as well as housing. those are two issues that affect african-american community across the country as well as san francisco. i'm -- you know what i do for a living. i'm a homeless advocate. i advocate for homeless people and clifford hoosier has been coming to my center for two years now and a immigrant from sierra leon. if he returns to his home he will be killed. he is requesting asylum here in san francisco. he hasn't gotten s he is not here illegal. he's a harvard graduate as well. next year january 31 and i just been coming to city hall to try to get support for him as well, and that's pretty much all i have to sai. i would like him to speak for himself. >> i want to thank the commission for its work. this is my second time appearing at city hall. the first time i had the opportunity aga

that people are doing in northeast ohio to rebuildthecity's housingmarket. some of the most innovative ideas in the country have come out of cleveland in the land bank and housing network. after i sat down with her and shared stories of big banks allowing f.h.a. properties in cincinnati to fall into decay, f.h.a. updated its servicing rules to hold these banks accountable. f.h.a. selected cleveland, akron and canton for its next round of note sales. this program allows for the sale of distressed and delinquent f.h.a. mortgages to parties that will rehabilitate the loans in order to help stabilize these neighborhoods. because of her many years of experience in housing and in real estate and her commitment to addressing the crucial issues facing today's hardest-hit cities, big cities and smaller cities alike and what's happened to these housing markets i urge a "yes" vote on the galante nomination. mr. president, i note the absence of a quorum. the presiding officer: the clerk will call the roll. quorum call: the presiding officer: the senator from south dakota. mr. johnson: i ask unanim

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